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Do you find yourself feeling more moody and depressed during the winter months? If so, you're not alone. As winter approaches and the hours of daylight get shorter, there is a corresponding increase in the incidence of depression and moodiness.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), often called the "winter blues," is a type of depression that recurs about the same time every year. It often begins in the fall, continues throughout the winter, and may even last into early spring.
SAD tends to occur more frequently in the northern latitudes where the hours of sunlight are shorter and the sun's rays are more indirect.(1) The incidence of full-blown SAD in the United States averages about 5% and ranges from 1.4% in Florida to 9.7% in New Hampshire.
It is thought that as many as 20% of people may experience some of the symptoms of SAD, although they don't meet the full diagnostic criteria.
Facts About Seasonal Affective Disorder
Symptoms: The symptoms of SAD include:
• Difficulty waking up in the morning
• Increased daytime sleepiness
• Lack of energy
• Decreased interest in work and other activities
• Carbohydrate cravings, leading to overeating and weight gain
• Difficulty concentrating
• Withdrawal from family, friends and social activity.
Diagnostic Criteria: The diagnostic criteria for seasonal affective disorder were established by the American Psychiatric Association.(2) All of the following criteria must be met for an official medical diagnosis of SAD:
• Regularly recurring depressive episodes in the fall and winter.
• At least two prior fall/winter depressive episodes that met the criteria for major depressive disorder.
• Remissions during the spring and summer months.
• Seasonal depressive episodes must outnumber non-seasonal ones.
Causes: The exact cause of SAD is unknown, but it is thought to be a biological process in which at least three factors may play a significant part:
• Circadian rhythm – The reduction in sunlight during fall and winter months throws your body's internal biological clock off and disrupts your circadian rhythm, which may lead to feelings of depression.
• Melatonin levels – The body's release of the natural hormone melatonin is affected by the light/dark cycle. The change of seasons can disrupt the balance of melatonin, which may result in more moodiness and depression.
• Serotonin levels – Reduced sunlight can cause a drop in serotonin, a brain chemical (neurotransmitter) that affects mood. People who suffer from depression are known to have low levels of serotonin. (Note: It is important to have a proper balance of both serotonin and norepinephrine. Check with your doctor before trying to increase just serotonin levels.)
Treatments: The first-line medical treatment for SAD is light therapy. Other treatments include supplements like melatonin and vitamin D, high-density ionized air administration, and in some cases, antidepressant medication. Although SAD is definitely a biological process, cognitive-behavioral therapy can also be helpful to identify and change negative thoughts and behaviors that may be making you feel worse.
Whether or not you have an official diagnosis of SAD, if you find yourself feeling depressed and moody as winter approaches, here are some tools that may help you overcome those winter blues.
Verilux® HappyLight® – Turns the Sun on Indoors
Since one of the probable causes of SAD is a disruption of the body's circadian rhythm clock due to less sunlight, it is usually treated with bright light in the morning. In fact, light therapy is the most effective treatment found for SAD to date.
The majority of SAD patients seem to benefit most by using light therapy early in the morning, thus resetting their internal clocks early. However, just as people are different, internal clocks are also different. Therefore, the best time for light therapy can vary greatly from one person to the next.
The Center for Environmental Therapeutics, a nonprofit professional organization, offers an on-line questionnaire that can help you calculate the best treatment time for your body's internal clock. Of course, you may need to make some adjustments based on how your body responds. You can access the questionnaire here [www.cet.org/eng/Tools_ENG.html#], then click on "Your circadian rhythm type (AutoMEQ)" and fill out the questionnaire.
An excellent light to use for light therapy is the HappyLight – a small, compact light source that you can set on your desk or tabletop. Like the sun, it provides full-spectrum light, meaning it covers all wavelengths that are useful for plant and animal life. Features of the HappyLight include:
• Up to 6,000 LUX of bright Natural Spectrum® light to lift spirits, sharpen concentration and improve energy levels.
• No-buzz operation with instant-on, flicker-free illumination.
• Brightness control that lets you choose your intensity.
Using the HappyLight is like turning on the sun, without the dangerous UV rays.
Properly Timed, Melatonin Helps Sync Body Rhythms
Melatonin is a natural hormone produced by the body that helps regulate other hormones and maintains the body's circadian rhythm. The pineal gland, located in the middle of the brain, responds to darkness by secreting melatonin, which re-sets the brain's central clock and helps re-set the sleep/wake cycle and other daily rhythms. When the amount of light and dark a person experiences changes, the amount of melatonin produced also changes, throwing the body's rhythms out of whack.
In 2006, researchers at Yale University School of Medicine hypothesized that in addition to light therapy, taking melatonin at the right time could reset circadian rhythms for SAD patients. The researchers tracked sleep, activity levels, melatonin rhythms and depression symptoms of 68 SAD patients who took either low doses of melatonin or a placebo in the morning or afternoon for a winter month when they were most symptomatic.
The scientists had determined from healthy subjects that a person's rhythms are synchronized when the interval between the time the pineal gland begins secreting melatonin and the middle of sleep is about 6 hours.
Seventy-one percent of the SAD patients had intervals shorter than 6 hours, indicating that their rhythms were delayed due to the later winter dawn.
Taking melatonin tablets in the afternoon lengthened their intervals, bringing their rhythms back toward normal. The closer their intervals approached the ideal 6 hours, the more their mood improved on depression rating scales, supporting the hypothesized link between out-of-sync rhythms and SAD.
Taking melatonin at the correct time of day – afternoon for patients with short intervals, and morning for the 29% of patients with long intervals – more than doubled their improvement in depression scores, compared to taking a placebo or the hormone at the incorrect time.(3)
High Doses of Vitamin D3 May Help Reduce SAD Symptoms
Vitamin D is actually not a vitamin at all, but a hormone that is produced by the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight. The two hormones, vitamin D and melatonin, actually have an inverse relationship to one another.
• Melatonin secretion is triggered by darkness.
• Sunlight shuts melatonin production off and triggers the release of vitamin D.
Scientists have shown that high doses of vitamin D3 during the fall and winter months when sunlight is at a premium can be very effective in reducing the symptoms of SAD.
In a 1998 study, Australian researchers gave 44 subjects 400 IU, 800 IU, or no vitamin D3 for 5 days during late winter in a random double-blind study. The results showed that vitamin D3 significantly enhanced positive affect and there was some evidence of a reduction in negative affect. The authors concluded, "…vitamin D3 deficiency provides a compelling and parsimonious explanation for seasonal variations in mood."(4)
The following year, researchers in Maryland compared high-dose vitamin D3 supplementation to light therapy. A prospective, randomized controlled trial was conducted in a group of 15 subjects with SAD. Eight subjects received 100,000 I.U. of vitamin D and 7 subjects received phototherapy. All of the subjects receiving the vitamin D3 improved in all outcome measures while the phototherapy group showed no significant change in depression scale measures.
Importantly, there was a significant association between the degree of improvement in measured vitamin D levels and the degree of symptom improvement.(5)
To learn about additional health benefits of vitamin D, read "D-ficient? Health Risks You Need to Know About."
5-HTP Supports Healthy Serotonin Levels
Because reduced sunlight can cause serotonin levels to drop, and low serotonin levels are related to depression, maintaining healthy serotonin levels may be an important factor in improving the symptoms of SAD.
The body synthesizes serotonin in a two-step process where L-tryptophan, a natural amino acid found in many dietary proteins, is converted to 5-HTP, which is then converted to serotonin. Supplementing 5-HTP helps to enhance the supply of serotonin, which in turn helps support healthy central nervous system functions such as sleep, appetite and mood patterns.
In a double-blind study, 50 patients were divided into two groups. The group that received 5-HTP (100mg a day) showed significant improvements, while the placebo group experienced virtually no improvement. The improvements were felt within a short time period, and increased further after 30 days of use.(6)
In a second study by the same group of researchers, patients who took 100mg of 5-HTP three times daily reported positive results after 30 days and throughout the length of the 90-day trial.
Significant Improvement Seen in Major Depression with SAM-e
Because 29% to 46% of patients with major depressive disorder have no response or only a partial response to pharmaceutical antidepressants, SAM-e has been studied extensively as a possible option for those with major depression. The results are three decades worth of impressive literature suggesting the mood supporting efficacy of SAM-e.(7)
• In an open trial, 20 outpatients with major depression were given SAM-e, beginning with 400 mg/day and gradually increasing to 1600 mg/day by day 12. Nine of the participants had a prior history of not responding to traditional antidepressant treatment. All 20 patients showed significant improvement with SAM-e, including 7 of the non-treatment-resistant and 2 of the treatment-resistant patients who experienced a full antidepressant response.(8)
• A double-blind randomized trial compared the efficacy of supplemental SAM-e with the antidepressant desipramine in 26 patients with major depression. At the end of four weeks, 62% of those given SAM-e had significant improvement compared to 50% of those taking desipramine.(9)
To learn more about the benefits of SAM-e, read "SAM-e: a Hard-Working Molecule that May Help Ease Pain & Brighten Mood."
L-Theanine Calm-Plex Promotes Relaxation and Supports Mood
L-theanine, one of the main components of green tea, is best known for its relaxing effect. L-theanine readily crosses the blood-brain barrier of humans and exerts subtle changes in biochemistry.
• It directly stimulates production of alpha brain waves, which creates a deep state of relaxation while maintaining mental alertness.
• L-theanine also appears to play a role in the formation of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) which acts as a powerful manager of neurotransmitters (like serotonin) and helps maintain relaxed levels of neuron activity.
Alpha wave generation in the brain is considered to be an index of relaxation. In one study, 50 females between 18 and 22 years old were divided into high and low general anxiety groups. Each group was given water, 50 mg L-theanine solution, or 200 mg L-theanine solution once a week for two months. Brain waves were measured for 60 minutes after each administration. Within 40 minutes, a significantly greater amount of alpha waves were generated on the brain surface of the L-theanine groups, signifying relaxation without causing drowsiness.(10)
L-Theanine Calm-Plex contains two additional mood enhancing ingredients – 5-HTP and GABA. These natural compounds work synergistically to help maintain balanced neurotransmitter levels in the brain. Together they support proper memory and nervous function, while promoting a strong sense of well being and relaxation.
Ultra EPA Fish Oil May Help Reduce Depression
The most common omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the brain are EPA (eicosapentaeoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). Two important functions of these omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are:
• The regulation of cell membrane fluidity,
• And the transmission of dopamine and serotonin.
A 2009 review of scientific evidence found that an association between omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and depression was repeatedly suggested in observational and experimental studies on populations affected by major depression, depressed mood or post-partum depression. The authors found that current evidence increasingly supports an inverse association between omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and depression.(11)
In 2008, researchers conducted a study comparing the effects on depression of EPA and the widely prescribed antidepressant fluoxetine. Sixty outpatients with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder were randomly allocated to receive daily either 1000 mg EPA or 20 mg fluoxetine, or a combination of the two. After eight weeks, EPA was slightly more effective in controlling depressive symptoms than fluoxetine, but the EPA/fluoxetine combo was significantly better than either by itself.
The response rates (a decrease in depression scores of 50% or more) were 50% in the fluoxetine group, 56% in the EPA group and 81% in the EPA/fluoxetine combination group.(12)
In Summary
For those who are subject to seasonal blues, a number of natural defensive strategies are well worth investigating.
* Karen Lee Richards is Lead Expert specializing in Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS, for HealthCentral's ChronicPainConnection (www.chronicpainconnection.com). Karen is co-founder of the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) and was Executive Editor of Fibromyalgia AWARE magazine for four years.
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3. Lewy AJ, et al. The circadian basis of winter depression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 28.
4. Lansdowne, A., & Provost, S. 1998. Vitamin D3 enhances mood in healthy subjects during winter. Psychopharmacology (Berl.), 135 (4), 319–323.
5. Gloth FM 3rd. Vitamin D vs broad spectrum phototherapy in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder. J Nutr Health Aging. 1999;3(1):5-7.
6. Caruso I, et al. Double-blind study of 5-hydroxytryptophan versus placebo in the treatment of primary fibromyalgia syndrome. J Int Med Res. 1990 May-Jun;18(3):201-9.
7. Williams AL, et al. S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) as treatment for depression: a systematic review. Clin Invest Med. 2005 Jun;28(3):132-9.
8. Rosenbaum JF, et al. The antidepressant potential of oral S-adenosyl-l-methionine. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1990 May;81(5):432-6.
9. Bell KM, et al. S-adenosylmethionine blood levels in major depression: changes with drug treatment. Acta Neurol Scand Suppl. 1994;154:15-8.
10. Ito K, et al. Effects of L-theanine on the release of alpha brain waves in human volunteers. [Japanese] Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 1998;72:153-7.
11. Liperoti R, et al. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and depression: a review of the evidence. Curr Pharm Des. 2009;15(36):4165-72.
12. Jazayeri S, et al. Comparison of therapeutic effects of omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid and fluoxetine, separately and in combination, in major depressive disorder. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;42(3):192-8.
Note: This information has not been evaluated by the FDA. It is general and is not meant to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure any illness, condition, or disease. It is very important that you make no change in your healthcare plan or health support regimen without researching and discussing it in collaboration with your professional healthcare team.


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BOSTON -- State treasurer and independent candidate for governor Timothy Cahill came in a distant third in poll results on Tuesday's election night, getting just 8 percent of the vote. As he wrapped up his campaign, Cahill tried to offer a message of hope last night to those who stayed with him until the end.
Tim Cahill's run for governor has been an uphill climb by any measure. His chief strategists defected along with his running mate, and he has long been fighting the perception that he's a spoiler for the Baker campaign. So when he addressed his supporters on Tuesday night, he made great pains to reassure them that the fight was worth it.
"I've said from day one that I want to stay in this fight until election day to let the voters decide and they've decided, and I accept that decision, although it's hard for me because I hate to lose. God, I hate to lose! " Cahill said. "But we have not lost. This is a great state and it will do well over the next four years, and I believe that this state is better because of the fight that we've had. "
Cahill said his campaign has helped to keep the race focused on the economy, jobs and the struggles of the middle class. In his speech, he said he would not give up the fight, but, speaking backstage, Cahill said he didn't know what his next step will be.
"Transitioning my office to the next treasurer will be the first order of business that we'll get back into by the end of this week or early next week, and then we'll figure it out from there," Cahill said.
Cahill says one thing he does know – he will not be returning to the Democratic party or joining the Republican party. He expects to be an independent for the rest of his life.
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HICKORY, N.C. – The Coker women's basketball team dropped a 48-41 contest to the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne University on Wednesday (Feb. 26) in South Atlantic Conference basketball action.
Both teams would struggle to score in the first half as the Cobras held a slight 18-17 lead over L-R at halftime. Coker would continue to control the slow and methodical pace of the game in the opening minutes of the second half, but the Bears would mount a comeback and take a 26-25 lead after a jumper at the 14-minute mark. Following a Priscilla Fenty layup, the Cobras would tie the game up at 30-all, however, a L-R jumper two plays later would give them the lead for good. Despite not making another field-goal in the game the Bears were able to make 16 free throws down the stretch to preserve a 48-41 victory.
Leading the way offensively was Tanesha Stenson with 10 points and four steals. Fenty added eight points and six rebounds, while Kelley Godbout pulled down a team-high nine rebounds and chipped in five points.
Coker will be back in action this Saturday (Mar. 1) as they travel to face Tusculum in the regular season finale. Game time is set for 2:00 p.m., followed by the men's game 4:00.
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February 11, 2013 06:00 ET
Collaboration With FPGA Partitioning and Verification Software Providers Addresses Demand for Reliable, Cost-Effective Verification of Complex, High Density Designs
Collaboration With FPGA Partitioning and Verification Software Providers Addresses Demand for Reliable, Cost-Effective Verification of Complex, High Density Designs
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ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit
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GbE: Gigabit Ethernet
PCIe: Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
SOC: System on Chip
USB: Universal Serial Bus
LVDS: Low-Voltage Differential Signaling
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private void currencyTextBox_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { try { // Convert the text to a Double and determine if it is a negative number. if(double.Parse(currencyTextBox.Text) < 0) { // If the number is negative, display it in Red. currencyTextBox.ForeColor = Color.Red; } else { // If the number is not negative, display it in Black. currencyTextBox.ForeColor = Color.Black; } } catch { // If there is an error, display the text using the system colors. currencyTextBox.ForeColor = SystemColors.ControlText; } }
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| Geography
Belt Loop and Pin
Geography Academics Belt Loop
Belt Loop Requirements
Complete these three requirements:
- 1. Draw a map of your neighborhood. Show natural and manmade features. Include a key or legend of map symbols.
- 2. Learn about the physical geography of your community. Identify the major landforms within 100 miles. Discuss with an adult what you learned.
- 3. Use a world globe or map to locate the continents, the oceans, the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres. Learn how longitude and latitude lines are used to locate a site.
Academics Pin Requirements
Earn the Geography belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
- 1. Make a three-dimensional model of an imaginary place. Include five different landforms, such as mountains, valleys, lakes, deltas, rivers, buttes, plateaus, basins, and plains.
- 2. List 10 cities around the world. Calculate the time it is in each city when it is noon in your town.
- 3. Find the company's location on the wrapper or label of 10 products used in your home, such as food, clothing, toys, and appliances. Use a world map or atlas to find each location.
- 4. On a map, trace the routes of some famous explorers. Show the map to your den or family.
- 5. On a United States or world map, mark where your family members and ancestors were born.
- 6. Keep a map record of the travels of your favorite professional sports team for one month.
- 7. Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) in which geography plays an important part.
- 8. Take part in a geography bee or fair in your pack, school, or community.
- 9. Choose a country in the world and make a travel poster for it.
- 10. Play a geography-based board game or computer game. Tell an adult some facts you learned about a place that was part of the game.
- 11. Draw or make a map of your state. Include rivers, mountain ranges, state parks, and cities. Include a key or legend of map symbols.
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- Earning the Cub Scout Geography Belt Loop while a Webelos Scout is requirement 12 of the Webelos Traveler Activity Badge.
- Details on earning a Cub Scout Sports or Academic pin or belt loop multiple times
Related achievements, electives, or other awards
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T-Mobile is selling the 16 GB version of the device, which was selling for only $349 in the Google Play Store. If you get the Nexus 4 with a T-Mobile Classic plan, it will cost $199, after a $50 mail-in-rebate. Customers who go with the cheaper Value plans will get the device for $199, and then owe 20 monthly payments of $15 (total $499).
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The one-week (40-hour) course will provide students with an introduction to the concepts and rationale of identifying striated and non-striated impression evidence. Each student will develop a rational, objective basis for making such identifications. This course is intended for criminalists, forensic scientists, or related specialists who have responsibility for comparing and identifying firearm and toolmark evidence. Each class is limited to 12 students. POST Plan IV reimbursement.
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Must currently be performing casework in firearms/toolmark identification and be familiar with common equipment and teminology used in that discipline. Completion of Firearms and Toolmarks introduction I and II (E102 and E103) is desirable, but not mandatory.
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How much confidence do you have in the products you sell?
You carry top-quality products that are developed, tested, certified and built by the best electrical manufacturers in the world. Your core customers are experienced, well-trained and concientious professional electricians. They know the products and know how to install them to ensure decades of safe and reliable service.
But what if something goes wrong and a product fails? What if there's a fire or an electrocution as a result? The threat to the people using the equipment is usually obvious and immediate. The threat to the distributor comes later, in court.
And what if the product doesn't fail? What if it works exactly as designed, but people discover some years down the road that the normal use of the product creates a health hazard? The threat to users may be neither obvious nor immediate. But again, the distributor is increasingly likely to find himself in a courtroom, defending his company's conduct and, perhaps, his livelihood and the livelihoods of all the people who work for him.
Product liability litigation is a real threat to electrical distributors today in ways it wasn't for earlier generations. Knowing where the threats are coming from and taking a fresh look now at policies and practices that could expose your company to an adverse judgment can make a huge difference once you get your day in court.
Back in the day, liability for a product failure rested squarely on the shoulders of the manufacturer unless there was proof of negligence or other contributing factors on the part of the seller. Sellers in the chain of distribution between manufacturer and point of use were indemnified — given legal protection — by the manufacturers. Today, things are not so cut and dried.
Under principles of joint-and-several liability, any defendant found to have any share of liability is potentially liable for the entire sum of a judgment in the plaintiff's favor. So if you're judged to be 10 percent to blame in a $10 million judgment, you're potentially on the hook for $10 million, not $1 million.
The reasoning behind joint-and-several liability is that people who've been harmed by a product should have every possible recourse for compensation for the damages they've suffered. It also allows plaintiffs to file suit in lower courts rather than having it removed to federal court just because a manufacturer is in a different jurisdiction. In practice, however, this has led to what one observer described as a "sue the phonebook" mentality among plaintiffs and their attorneys.
For more than two decades, efforts at tort reform through legislation have focused on limiting joint-and-several liability exposure for resellers of a product, but these efforts have fallen short at the federal level and found only sporadic success at the state level and below. (For more on this, see "Take It to the Hill" at www.ewweb.com.)
Two areas exist where distributors' exposure to product liability litigation appears to be growing, according to attorneys and expert witnesses with experience defending distributors in product liability suits: mass tort litigation and specific product-based litigation regarding the failure of a product made by a manufacturer that's beyond the reach of U.S. courts.
Mass Torts and Imports
Mass tort litigation brings lawsuits in clusters, aimed at a group of similar companies and based on a range of similar complaints. For attorneys interested in pursuing mass-tort claims, the costs of upfront medical and legal research and lining up expert witnesses can be spread across many suits and adapted to fit the factual details of each particular case, leading to economy-of-scale efficiencies for both the plaintiffs and the attorneys who are paid on each case. As a result, the practice has become a legal industry unto itself.
The highest-profile example is the asbestos lawsuits of the past couple of decades. There are many defendents, including asbestos manufacturers, OEMs whose products used asbestos, installers, and the whole supply chain that carried their products to market. Presumably, all of them thought they were selling a good, safe product to meet an important need. Once the studies linking the breathing of asbestos fibers to cancer came out, there were suddenly thousands of plaintiffs, all with specific but similar health-related complaints, coming after them.
Any newly discovered and widespread product- or process-related health hazard raises the possibility of mass tort action. "The legal community is always looking for a tool or process with many potential plaintiffs and many potential defendants," says Mike Workman, a distribution consultant and principal of Workman and Associates, College Station, Texas, who has been called as an expert witness for distributors in more than a dozen product liability cases. "When they've tapped the manufacturers for all they can, the next target is distribution."
Workman keeps an eye out for emerging mass-tort issues, and said he expects to see mass-tort activity around any workplace process involving environmental health hazards from dust or fumes, such as from soldering or welding, as well as insulation, both heat and electrical.
Although it's difficult to anticipate where exposure to a health-related mass-tort action will arise in the future, other trends could put distributors at even greater risk. The move by many distributors to sell goods manufactured overseas by companies that may have no U.S. presence and no clear legal standing in U.S. courts could become distributors' greatest liability concern.
If a product imported from one of these manufacturers fails, the distributor may well have the deepest domestic pocket available, making him a prime target for the lawsuit. The distributor in turn may find it difficult and costly to obtain indemnity from the manufacturer in the courts of the country of origin.
Distributors considering private labeling are a special case of this phenomenon. Having your name on a product raises your profile as a target of litigation, and you can expect your product liability insurance premiums to rise commensurately. (See "The 5-Ton Elephant," page 28.)
Risk is Everywhere
Even if you strictly buy from domestic manufacturers with strong and supportive indemnification agreements, many other factors can increase the risk of being held liable for damages in a product liability suit. Many of them are standard operating procedures for distributors and some are critical differentiators applauded in the business press and trade association conferences. You can't get away from them entirely and hope to run a viable distribution business.
Repackaging and assembly. Anything you do that modifies a product or its packaging opens the door to increased liability. Distributors often put groups of products together and sell them as kits to make their customers' lives easier — so an electrician wiring a hotel has all the parts he needs at his fingertips as he moves from receptacle to receptacle. Some distributors do custom assembly of panel boards for industrial customers. Product labeling and packaging — especially those carrying safety warnings, MSDS sheets and the like — can be a factor in product liability suits, so taking care to preserve the original manufacturer's labeling is critically important.
Technical application support. Telling customers how a product can be used in their businesses is a huge part of the value many distributors add for their customers. Customers depend on it and will choose a distributor over a competitor for that reason alone. The most important consideration here is that the information your salespeople give your customers is safety-oriented and technically accurate. Statements such as, "No, it's not specified for indoor use by the manufacturer, but everybody uses it that way" should raise red flags.
Product recommendations. Simply advising customers that they should use one product instead of a similar alternative can form a basis for liability. Of course, as a distributor you can't do your job for your manufacturers without recommending a product, unless your business model is based solely on pull-through, warehousing and fulfillment and all product selection is done by the customer. For most distributors, promoting their manufacturers' products is their reason for being.
Installer training. A distributor that holds training sessions to teach customers the most efficient and effective way to use a product can expose himself to liability, especially if some of the information and training provided is inaccurate. In this, most distributors are on more solid ground because such classes are typically taught with technical support from manufacturers and reps.
Prepare Now
There are things you can do to prepare for your day in court.
Schedule time with your attorney. It's far less expensive to ask her for advice when there's not a case pending against you. You need counsel that is well versed in product liability law in every jurisdiction in which you do business, and it's even better if she is already familiar with the role of distribution in the supply chain.
Review manufacturer indemnification agreements. Indemnification agreements with manufacturers go some distance to protect you as a distributor in a mass-tort suit. According to Clem Carter, a partner in Williams Mullen, Richmond, Va., who has defended many distributors in product liability litigation, most manufacturers' indemnification agreements provide pretty good protection for the distributor, but they're not without limitations.
Over the past couple of years, many manufacturers have changed details of their distributor contracts, including the indemnification agreements, Workman says. In most jurisdictions they are required to notify you of the changes, but it's easy to put off digging into them if the notice arrives when there are irate customers and rogue salespeople cutting your margins. Read through them now and have your attorney review them.
Request certification of product liability insurance from your vendors, and make sure your company's name is on the policy. For starters, take a look at whether they cover you only in case of a court judgment or also cover legal expenses incurred in an out-of-court settlement.
Review your processes. As mentioned above, many standard distribution procedures carry some risk of product liability. You can't eliminate it all, but you need to understand where your exposure lies and do what you can to eliminate needless risk.
Review your product liability insurance coverage. If you don't already have product liability insurance for your business, seriously consider it. If you do have coverage, review it with your attorney and make sure you're covered for the risk factors identified in your process evaluation.
Review your record-keeping processes. Good record-keeping is often a key to putting together a strong defense, says Carter. A distributor who has records of where the products came from, how they were handled, who they were sold to and for what purpose have a much stronger position.
Come up with a plan. Make sure you have a checklist for the day when you are served, so you and your staff don't have to figure out who to call and what to do when the pressure is on.
Battle Plan
When you are faced with a product liability suit, there are a number of things you need to be aware of.
Get your own attorney and prepare a stand-alone defense. Don't expect your manufacturers and insurance companies to provide your defense for you. In an excellent article for the Defense Research Institute titled "Defending the Distributor in Mass Tort Litigation," Robert Redmond, also a partner in Williams Mullen, illustrates many situations in which manufacturers and distributors named as co-defendents in a lawsuit find their interests at odds.
"The distributor must be prepared for unexpected rough treatment from the manufacturer co-defendents," Redmond writes. "Manufacturers have every reason to reduce their liability by suggesting fault on the part of the distributors."
For instance, it's not uncommon for a manufacturer to make a settlement with the plaintiff that includes withdrawing the expert witnesses retained for the manufacturer's defense and barring them from testifying. When this happens, the distributor can be left without expert testimony if he hasn't prepared a separate, stand-alone defense, Redmond writes.
It's also not uncommon for a distributor to have to file cross-claims against manufacturers and insurance companies to secure indemnification and coverage.
In the case of a property damage claim such as a fire that starts in an equipment closet, it may be difficult to determine exactly which piece of equipment caused the fire, but clear that your company sold the plaintiff most of the products involved. In this case, Carter says, you may have the manufacturers all asserting that it wasn't their product, and you become the focus of the litigation.
Make sure your attorney is involved in all proceedings from the beginning of the case. "A lawyer representing the distributor who has not participated in the litigation cannot 'play catch up' after the experts have been identified, the fact witnesses deposed and the exhibits exchanged," Redmond writes.
Cooperate with plaintiffs in disclosure. It's tempting to put up all kinds of obstacles to keep the plaintiffs from collecting your records in the course of discovery, but this is the wrong time to be difficult. According to Redmond, plaintiffs in mass-tort litigation will frequently "serve voluminous discovery targeted at priviledged and confidential information" in an effort to drive up discovery costs to the point that the defendant will settle rather than go to court. A defendant who makes problems for the plaintiff in basic discovery is a likely target for such treatment.
Avoid needlessly aggravating the plaintiffs by resisting discovery of records such as sales and distribution reports. "Because the records do not generally harm the distributor (and in fact, identify manufacturers that should be protecting the distributor), it makes sense for the distributor to assist the plaintiff's counsel in interpreting the records when necessary," writes Redmond.
Be ready to explain your role as a distributor. It's common for plaintiffs (and everybody else in the world) to misunderstand the distributor's role in bringing products to market. Workman observes that most plaintiffs and their counsel and most juries assume more of a retail model and overestimate the role the distributor has in product selection and other factors that could influence the course of litigation. Be prepared to explain yourself at length.
Don't expect it to get to court. Most product liability suits never get in front of a judge, much less a jury. Most are settled out of court to avoid the cost of litigation. In fact, this is the focus for much litigation, especially in mass torts — what one observer described as the "pay me not to sue you" model. Many product liability suits are settled through independent mediation.
In the end the goal is the same: resolve the dispute with your livelihood intact and get back to doing business.
Disclaimer: The author of this article is a journalist, not an attorney. Nothing in this article should be taken as legal advice; its intent is to make you aware of the situation and give you a starting point for discussions with your own counsel.
SEE ALSO: "Take It to the Hill"--The prospects for tort reform at the federal level may be more remote with the Democratic Party in control of Congress, but it's too early to know for sure.


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Program Touts Learning 100,000 New Vocabulary Words in 21 Days
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI--(Marketwire - Dec 10, 2012) - On the heels of yesterday's U.S. Education Department's report showing a continued erosion in vocabulary skills, a father-daughter team from Michigan launched today a video app for smart phones called Vocab Tunes, and a 143-page manual in hardcover and e-book and a DVD called Vocab Tunes Root Words.
Michigan physician Sita R. Kaura, M.D., and his daughter, Manisha Shelly Kaura, currently a pre-med student at Xavier University in Cincinnati, have developed what they call the equivalent of multiplication tables to make it easier for children and adults to read, understand and remember thousands of new words.
"As the U.S. Education Department's report showed, following the old beaten path just isn't working. We need fresh approaches. The way young children are taught to read by parents and teachers in our schools learning only phonics and memorization of sounds and letters doesn't equip a child beyond 1st grade," said Dr. Kaura, who lives in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. "The average high-school graduate has a vocabulary of about 40,000 words. Our approach can teach someone 100,000 new words in 21 days when using phonics and memorization in combination with understanding root words and prefixes."
The Kaura's first introduced the concept in 2010 with their book Rockin Root Words 1 & 2 (© 2010, Prufrock Press, www.prufrock.com). Now, they have created the program made fun for children with 21 short musical videos. The manual and DVD, like the app, are intended to make it easy to teach and learn root words and prefixes that can provide someone a near "endless understanding of any word in any subject matter." The songs are available at the iTunes' App Store for 99 cents apiece or $9.99 for all 21 songs; the e-book manual for $9.99; the hardcover book for $19.99 and the DVD for $29.95. The hardcover book and DVD can be purchased together at a special price of $39.95 and are available at www.Amazon.com.
An overview video about the Vocab Tunes method is available for viewing at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSr1LcuEI40.
An excerpt from the e-book reads, "Vocabulary knowledge not only contributes to reading comprehension, but also is linked to academic success (National Reading Panel, 2000). However, vocabulary growth is inadequately addressed in current educational curricula, especially between preschool and the end of second grade, when it is most important (Biemiller, 2000). By the time a child reaches the end of second grade, he or she has learned 4,000 to 8,000 words, adding 1,000 words per year in the years following (Biemiller, 2005). These numbers are staggering when you consider a gap of 2,000 words equals approximately two grade levels."
According to the Kaura's book, three compelling reasons exist for the Vocab Tunes program:
1. "Root words are everywhere in the English language. Greek and Latin word parts make up more than 60 percent of English words, 70 to 90 percent of science terminology, 71 percent of social studies terminology, and a vast majority of mathematical terms (Farsupt and Samuels, 2008; Green, 1990). Learning Greek and Latin roots provide students advantages such as comfort with long words, advanced awareness and spelling improvement in science and technical language (Thompson, 2002). Through studying root words, children understand the internal structure of words and discover connections with word families."
2. "The human brain works as a 'pattern detector.' Longer words contain meaningful patterns like dent, dentist, denture, and dentine. These root words provide consistent patterns with consistent meanings and spellings. While phonic programs have been very successful in teaching one-syllable words to young children like -ook, nook, cook and look or -ake is used to make bake, cake, lake, and take, the patterns do nothing to provide any meaning to the word."
3. "Psycholinguistic research has shown there are different ways in which we can input vocabulary into the human brain (Yamazaki, 2007). Suppose you learn the words by memorizing one word at a time. The words will be stored separately in the brain, as demonstrated in the balloons in the air illustrations. Or we can input and store words in the brain by linking them through meaning. Thus, if the reader notes that root -dent (tooth) is a root word for dentist (doctor), dentine (covering for the teeth), and denture (artificial teeth), these words will be stored under the common root and other words related to this root word can be added (Yamazaki, 2007). Mental organization occurs when root words are learned along with the meaning of parts (Corson, 1995, 1997). Therefore, learning vocabulary using root words, which organizes the words through themes and concepts makes comprehension much easier."
Dr. Kaura said, "We really do believe this method for improving reading and vocabulary is as revolutionary as times tables helped dramatically improve arithmetic skills. We hope parents and teachers will check out Vocab Tunes and how it can help significantly improve the academic success of their children and students."
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I am in the early stages of a pants sewing odyssey! I've had lots of issues with buying well-fitting ready to wear pants… And like many seamstresses, of course I also have issues with sewing up a proper fitting pair of pants. The material is a cotton/poly/spandex blend, an easy-care sort of medium to heavy weight stretch woven denim in a greenish blue. This is a fairly easy pair to sew up with some interesting pleating detail on front. This a lovely pattern from My Image Magazine, M1253.
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Aug 30, 2013, 03.58 PMby BiscuitBem
these are really cool :)
Aug 28, 2013, 01.08 PMby Fantasywriter
Wow. These are very cool and flattering to your figure. Impressive.
Aug 28, 2013, 04.22 AMby pictureit17
Great pants, very cool and unique.
Aug 28, 2013, 01.13 AMby kisses
This pants is pretty neat…like the pleats on the leg. I really need to check out these. Thanks for sharing
Aug 27, 2013, 10.36 PMby liliv-1
These are GREAT!
Aug 27, 2013, 08.32 PMby mry
These pants and your blue and black running leggings are great! I think I have to add this pattern to my sewing list now ;)
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Aug 27, 2013, 09.12 PMby kathhhhhy
Thanks! I'm a huge fan of My Image patterns. I'm pretty happy with these… but unfortunately they are too heavy to wear now since it's still summer. I think I want to find a light/medium weight fabric to make another pair of them.
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Evaluate, and proceed with caution
(Oregon Dept. of Forestry) The weather forecast is calling for colder temps and wind gusts to 30 mph over western Oregon this week. Rain, high winds, and the snow and ice that sometimes hit us here in the Pacific Northwest during winter months can take a toll on our landscape trees.
What to do?
In most cases, unless a tree has caused property damage, homeowners will want to wait until the storm has passed to evaluate things and decide how to proceed. Here are some factors to consider when evaluating your trees:
Wind-firmness is important. It is tied to the structure (a tree's good structure can come naturally or be improved through good pruning) and natural taper of a tree -- formed in relation to solar access, and to being buffeted by weather through its life. Here's a tip: often, avoiding the use of planting stakes results in healthier, more wind-firm trees. If you do use them, remember to remove them after one year.
Trees with a significant lean may or may not indicate a problem; check for exposed roots around the base of your tree, especially if it has recently started to lean. Also look for hollow or decayed areas on the tree, which can indicate structural problems, and watch for any hanging or broken branches that are still lodged in the tree.
In many cases, saturated soil can lead to root problems, causing trees to topple over. This can even happen in the summertime because trees and lawns have different watering requirements.
Ideally, trees should be inspected on a regular basis, especially before and after storms. Conditions that can set your tree up to be particularly vulnerable include recent construction that has taken place near your tree, as well as trees that have been severely cut back, or "topped."
Tree do's and don'ts: remember, some storm-damaged trees are worth saving
What are the two most common mistakes people make when trying to clean up after a storm? The first is trying to save trees that have sustained too much damage, and are likely to become hazardous. The second is using harmful pruning techniques on a tree that perhaps only needs a light pruning.
"People naturally become eager to have their trees examined so they can prune or take other actions," observes Paul Ries, an urban forester who manages the Oregon Department of Forestry's urban and community forests program. "However, it's often the case that more trees become damaged as a result of improper post-storm activities, than were damaged directly by a storm." How so?
Pruning a tree incorrectly can weaken it, setting it up for big problems. Topping - the practice of removing large branches and tops of trees - creates trees that are likely to be hazardous in the future. That's because a topped tree is much more likely to break or uproot in a storm than a tree with normal branch structure.
The opposite problem - ignoring or pruning a tree that should be removed - is another post-storm mistake.
What to do after a severe storm
Taking the right action after trees have been damaged can make the difference between giving trees a good chance of survival and losing them unnecessarily. Properly selecting a qualified arborist is key.
"Homeowners should use caution when selecting a tree service company" says Kristin Ramstad, an urban forester and certified arborist with ODF. Ramstad recommends using an arborist whose name and company are familiar to your community - even if that means waiting longer for service. "Be careful not to overreact or you may end up removing valuable shade trees that are still sound, and take years to replace," adds Ramstad.
Other tips
Some tips to help you locate an experienced tree service company:
*Beware of people or companies that show up at your door - their low prices may ultimately cost you more money in the long run!
*Most reputable companies have business cards, truck signs, and even uniforms that represent a professional level of service.
*Take your time selecting a reputable company, and ask for references.
*Hire an ISA Certified Arborist - someone who has demonstrated the knowledge and expertise to care for your trees.
If you're in doubt about someone's credentials, the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (PNW-ISA) maintains a list of certified arborists for hire on their website, located at http://www.pnwisa.org/promotional_directory/ :
Lastly, Ries offers this bit of advice: "Arborists are often in great demand for several weeks following a storm. If your tree isn't an immediate and visible hazard, it may be worth waiting a while before taking action."
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Absolutely I'll do that.
I'm just signing up for their credit pull service though, I don't really need their score analyzer and other things as I can do my own math with the knowledge I have; also, frankly I'm nowhere close to being ready to play the optimization of FICO game with my current reports. More than anything I just need to pay on my tradelines and see about goodwilling a few derogatory marks.
Where I do find value in it, is I need to have some barometer of where my scores are, sporadically over the next 18-30 months in my run up to a theoretical FHA mortgage; however, in between that I need to switch my auto-insurance (has to be done in June no choice there) and refinance my auto-loan a few months later than that... and have plans to apply for one of two things before the end of the year too (Amex zync for future backdating as an example).
I was mostly going to predicate everything off my EQ score from DCU, but in my case living in S. Cali, the ever-elusive EX score would be enormously helpful in my building journey depending where I draw the line in the sand for a mortgage app. I'm spending a lot more than the cost of this service in my path towards credit righteousness (like my subprime autoloan at 19%), and as such it is utterly inconsequential in comparison: it's annual charge is less than what I'm accuring in interest each month on my car loan.
I was one of the folks that pulled reports during their BETA testing phase. I tried logging in today and it didn't recognize me. So, I tried to sign up again and wnhen I hit submit, it erased the passwords I entered when I hit submit. I tried this a couple times and couldn't get it to work. I don't think this site is ready for prime time yet.
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...So, I tried to sign up again and wnhen I hit submit, it erased the passwords I entered when I hit submit. I tried this a couple times and couldn't get it to work. I don't think this site is ready for prime time yet.
I tried as well the other day as this service would compliment my usaa one well. I had the same issues you did.
Well, I was excited when I read the first post and looked at the website... until I looked further.
#1, There is NO contact info on the website. That for me is a HUGE red flag, no matter what type of website it is, but especially with a credit website like this.
#2, There is NO mention of the set-up fee until you get to the check-out screen. Personally, I think that's a little shady. If I hadn't read about it here, I would have been shocked to see it there. I think it should be have been mentioned elsewhere *before* you check out.
#3, When I clicked "PLANS & PRICING" in the upper right corner, I got an error message:
I absolutely agree, their pricing scheme is very confusing and needs to be explained MUCH better. They do have analysis tools supposedly but so does USAA CMS. I am also in agreement that it IS overpriced for what you get. I'll keep my USAA CMS, get my alerts anytime something changes and I'll settle for FAKO scores since I can see my overall CR from all 3 CRA's and what is on them. This gives me a pretty good idea of where I stand.
Let's hope that myFICO comes up with a competing service soon. Competion is the best thing for pricing
All excellent points! I have the same services as you, and I agree that it's enough for now. Plus, if I want to know my EX score, I can just get denied for another Amex with no HP (since I'm an existing customer).
But seriously, this is what I want to know!!! Perfect use of emoticon here, btw.#6, The $64,000 question... If this company can buy and re-sell EX FICO, then why can't myfico.com?????
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#6, The $64,000 question... If this company can buy and re-sell EX FICO, then why can't myfico.com?????
Presumably for the same reason why T-Mobile "can't" buy and re-sell IPhones. Distributor won't sell to them.
Well that's unfortunate because this new website, while incredibly tempting, has to make several changes before I'm inclined to trust them.


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NEWPORT CITY – On Wednesday, Judge Robert Bent handed down a three year deferred sentence to Matthew Farnsworth, 25, of Newport, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic assault and a felony charge of second-degree unlawful restraint.On Dec. 14, 2010, a woman went to the Newport Police Department to report that she had been assaulted by her ex-boyfriend, Farnsworth, at his apartment. She said she used to live at the apartment with Farnsworth and still had personal property there.She told police she went to the apartment to talk to Farnsworth about getting her name off of the lease so she could move into another place. She said they talked for a while and things went fine, but she got frustrated and decided to leave. Based on the woman's statement, the following events allegedly took place.Farnsworth, who wanted her to stay and continue talking, stood in front of the door and prevented her from leaving. The woman told Farnsworth that he had a minute to say what he wanted and then move out of her way. Farnsworth still would not move out of the way, so the woman said that if he didn't let her leave she would call 911. Farnsworth still would not let her leave, so she decided to try to leave through a basement exit, but Farnsworth followed her, pushed her, and locked the door she had just unlocked. The woman then attempted to exit from the original door, but Farnsworth grabbed her arm. She tried to call 911, but Farnsworth took her phone away from her and would not return it. When she tried to grab for her phone, Farnsworth pushed her. The woman kept trying to grab for it and Farnsworth kept pushing her and slapped her hands while still blocking the exit. The woman pushed Farnsworth again and he pushed her into the bedroom and tried restraining her on the bed. She started to push and hit Farnsworth and was able to grab her phone out of his pocket. She tried to leave again, and again Farnsworth blocked her entrance.The woman told police that she went to her son's bedroom where she wanted to barricade herself and call for help but Farnsworth got to the door before she could close it and slammed it open into her side. When she tried to leave the room, Farnsworth slammed the door shut on her leg. The woman screamed for the upstairs neighbors to come, but Farnsworth still would let her leave. She was able to leave the room when he went to check on his crying daughter. As she got to the front door, Farnsworth came up behind her yelling and she took off as fast she could. The woman called a friend after she left, who told her to stop and call the police. The woman also told police that her leg hurt where the door hit her and the back of her head hurt from when Farnsworth initially opened her son's bedroom door to get after her.According to court records, Farnsworth told Officers Gary Fournier and Travis Bingham that he and the woman got into an argument. He allegedly admitted that he slammed a bedroom door on her leg.The defendant will essentially be on probation for the next three years. If he completes this period without incident, the charges will be dismissed.


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Accented with vibrant red detailing, this kit bag for copact system cameras, hybrid cameras or camcorder contains storage options for your cords and accessories. Carrying options include a detachable shoulder strap or grab handle.
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I use this bag for my Digital Camera and all the gear I need to go along with it........extra batteries, memory chips and wires etc. I can grab it as I go out the door.......and have everything I need right at hand to take whatever great picture opportunities I see that come along.
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The case is used for my Canon VIXIA HV40 Camcorder and it accomodates the camera, the shoulder strap, one cassette, and the cord and charger, but nothing more. It is small, easily carried, but will hold very few accessories such as a spare battery. It is well constructed and I chose it over other cases primarily due to appearance and small size making it easy to carry and travel about with..
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I was impressed with the durable quality of the material. I just wish I had gotten a little larger case to hold my camcorder instruction manual. But overall I'm very satisfied with the case.
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This bag is very good, On the find your product thing, it says that the sony nex-3 doesn't fit, but I've mannaged to fit, the body, minolta 50mm, the 16mm kit lens, the 30mm macro alpha mount lens, and the la-ea1 adapter all inside, along with the various body caps and sd cards in the saddle bags(side pockets). This is a great bag for a m4/3 or nex camera and a couple lenses too. Build quality, looks, and padding are all good, except the padding on the bottom of the bag could be a little thicker... Only a problem if you really slam your camera bag down, so be gentile.
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Friday, August 9, 2013
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Good Morning America's free Summer Concert Series is back for it's 5th year. Come and see some of the biggest names in music perform live during Good Morning America every Friday throughout the summer.
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Disabled Parking
IMPORTANT DISABLED PARKING NOTICE - February 2013:
The University has been found to be out of compliance by the CA Department of Motor Vehicles in our current practice of issuing temporary disabled parking. Therefore, as of July 1, 2013, only vehicles with DMV placards (permanent and temporary) will be authorized to park in SJSU disabled parking stalls. Parking Services and EARC is recommending employees obtain a DMV permit if you continue to need parking accommodations. DMV permit and application information can be found at the following link: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/disabled.htm. Should you have any questions, please contact Parking Services at 408-924-6556 or email@example.com. The following information applies to disabled parking policies/procedures prior to July 1, 2013.
Accessible parking spaces are provided throughout the San Jose State University (SJSU) campus. SJSU parking permits are required when using these spaces. Accessible parking spaces can be located using the SJSU campus map.
Students and visitors to San Jose State University who wish to park in a marked disabled parking space on campus must have one of the following:
- A DMV issued disabled parking placard (blue or red)
- DMV issued disabled parking license plates
Persons who have one of the above must also display a current paid SJSU parking permit when parking in SJSU parking stalls. Failure to display both items properly as described in SJSU's Parking Regulations will result in a parking citation from SJSU Parking Services. Please also refer to the SJSU Parking Services website for complete details on SJSU parking regulations.
Individuals with disabilities who have not purchased an SJSU permit may purchase a Single Day Parking Permit at the Parking Services Office or at one of the automated pay stations in the North, South, and West garages or in Lot 4.
Note that some of the disabled parking stalls identified on the SJSU campus map are San Jose City regulated. When parking in San Jose City regulated disabled parking, SJSU disabled parking permits are NOT VALID and San Jose City parking regulations apply.
If any employee with a disability, student, or visitor will not be the primary driver, the driver must be with the disabled person at all times and may not park without the accompaniment of the disabled person.
Access the Disabled Parking Lot at 7th Street & San Fernando
A key card is necessary to gain access to Lot #1 located at 7th & San Fernando. To apply for a key card, students, faculty and staff must submit an application to Traffic and Parking Operations located in the South (7th) Street Garage; applications may be obtained in the AEC or at Traffic and Parking Operations. AEC is unable to accept applications or issue keys. If you have not yet obtained an access card, disabled parking is available in Lot 3 (between Engineering and Industrial Studies), in the 7th Street Garage, or the West (4th) Street Garage.
If you have obtained a key card, but the electronic gate malfunctions, or if you have a legitimate need to enter the lot, dial "444" to be connected to the AEC or use the intercom on the gate to contact the University Police Department (UPD).
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Basic shortcrust pastry
Prep: 5 mins - 10 mins Plus chilling
Learn how to make perfect shortcrust pastry every time with our easy recipe. For best results, make sure the butter is cold
Nutrition and extra info
- Easily doubled / halved
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving (6)
- kcal262
- fat14g
- saturates9g
- carbs29g
- sugars0.3g
- fibre1g
- protein4g
- salt0.4g
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Sift the flour into a large bowl, add the butter and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Stir in the salt, then add 2-3 tbsp water and mix to a firm dough. Knead the dough briefly and gently on a floured surface. Wrap in cling film and chill while preparing the filling.
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ProportionsTo make more or less, remember the proportions - half fat to flour - and don't add too much water or the pastry will be hard. If other dry ingredients are included in the recipe, add them at the same time as the salt.
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14th Mar, 2018
I'm 60 years old and I just made my very first short crust pastry using this recipe. Omg. It looks amazing and so smooth and thin. Love it. I will NEVER buy store bought pie crust again. No comparison. Thank you so much for such a simple and delicious recipe. I'm a believer. I followed the recipe exactly and it's perfect. Wouldn't change a thing.
1st Nov, 2016
I noticed that someone commented that they had to add some water to stop the pastry crumbling but it you read the recipe properly it says add water, also I would recommend a minimum of half hour in the fridge to cool the pastry down from being handled longer if you can, I sometimes leave pastry overnight then give it 10-15 minutes at room temperature to bring the temperature up slightly, then when you roll it out handle it as little as possible be firm when rolling but be care not to be to firm. I hope you all find these tips helpful
8th Aug, 2014
help what am i doing wrong.ive read all the comments and realise that it is a very sucessful recipe,as everyones pastry has turned out well.i have followed the recipie to the letter but its very flaky and falls to pieces,infact disintergrates to flakes.p.s.sorry about the spelling,its like my pastry terrible
18th Dec, 2015
The only thing we can think of is that you might be over kneading it, or using too much flour on your work surface which is throwing out the quantities. Next time try not to use any flour on the work surface at all. If you are using wholemeal flour the mixture may need a little extra water.


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Chicago drinkers have come around to some intensely flavored liquors over the past few years, embracing anything barrel-aged and falling under the spell of bitter spirits like amaros and even malort. So how is it that vodka, a comparatively easy-drinking and relatively tasteless liquor, has fallen out of vogue on cocktail menus and bar shelves? "Vodka has been looked down on by some mixologists, but we're really celebrating it here," said Tremaine Atkinson, one of the partners behind just-opened CH Distillery in the West Loop. "What's nice about vodka is that it doesn't get in the way of other flavors in a cocktail." Using wheat grown 60 miles away in Kaneville, Ill., CH Distillery makes its own vodka and two types of gin, which take center stage at the distillery's 50-seat cocktail bar. "Because it's made here batch-by-batch, there is this very subtle, sweet character from the grain that comes through," Atkinson said of CH's creations. Still not sold on clear spirits? I visited the cocktail bar at CH Distillery and have some assurances for all the haters.


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Elephant Tracks!
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Objective: Students will be able to solve multi-step equations requiring logarithms to find the age of their elephant! Additional scaffolding and support are provided after the discovery.
Big Idea: This lesson teaches the students to use the natural logarithm function to find the age of an elephant!
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After allowing all of the groups to figure out the age of their elephant, I focus on asking secondary questions about when/why it might be beneficial to manipulate an equation to solve it for a new variable. I ask the students if they can think of other instances when this might be helpful. I do all of this while continuing to rotate around the room. Usually, Algebra II students have been exposed to enough mathematics to be able to share at least an example or two. This conversation is a great way to pull in several math practice standards! Although I elected to hold a brief whole class discussion, you may find it beneficial to use breakout groups or another strategy in your classroom. Whatever you do, make it your own! The elephant tracks example is a fun way to roll out a new level of problem, get the students to understand common mistakes, talk about the domain/range of a function, and integrate the math practice standards of your choosing! I always have the kids do their work right on the elephant track, and then post them around the room for a week or so. Although it is a goofy activity, the students really love it!


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2 white and 2 silver for me please
Can you ship them or bring them to Florida when you come out for GRM?
Ian,Are you going to be at the GTG at Autobahn on Saturday?Kev
Ian, let me know where you'll be on Friday and I'll come by and pick them as I'll be out running around.
Ian, if you wanna do lunch sometime next week, since I am basically in your neighborhood now ...we can hook up then and I can get them from you at that point. Let me know. Or I can just swing by your office again.
Ian, can I stop by tomorrow evening to pick them up? Also I belive I still owe you a cookie sheet.Also, I noticed on the first thread, that I was not down for 1 black along with the 2 silver and 2 white. Thanks for all of this.
Quote from: "jayryan";p="42777"Ian, let me know where you'll be on Friday and I'll come by and pick them as I'll be out running around.I will most likely be home, but some things are going on that may mean I'm not. Please give me a call tomorrow and we can see if a meeting is possible.


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Panthers bash Cougars
THOMAS — The Snake River Panthers turned in arguably their best overall team effort of the young season on Thursday afternoon as they downed a really good South Fremont squad 10-3 on the home diamond.
Cash Cardona turned in a fabulous performance for the Panthers as he pitched a complete game in his first outing of the season. In his seven innings of work, Cardona scattered 9 hits, struck out 11 while walking just one in the win.
"I really like what I saw from Cash today," Snake River head coach James Carter said. "He was able to come out and get the lead off guy out in every inning. He consistently threw strikes and got the outs that he needed to get."
With the pitching locked on cruise control, the Panther offense then took over the contest. In a game of big hits, of which the Panthers had 10 in the game, the biggest blow was a two out, towering home run over the left field fence by Travis Robertson in the bottom of the sixth inning. The deep blast capped a nice day by Robertson as he finished 2 for 2 with 3 runs scored.
"That hit by Robertson was a shot," Coach Carter said. "The whole lineup swung the bats pretty good. It was probably our best game of the season so far."
Also swinging big bats for the Panthers were Shane and Bret Parkinson who each collected doubles on the afternoon. Cardona helped his own cause with a 2 for 3 day which included a double and Nate Martin got into the extra base hit parade with a solid double of his own.
"We'll take this win, build on this and just keep improving," Coach Carter said. "I'm just really proud of the way that the guys came out and got the job done."
Snake River (3-1) will look to keep the momentum rolling when they host Sugar-Salem on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 11 A.M.
South Fremont 010 100 1 - 3 9 3
Snake River 205 201 x - 10 10 1
South Fremont - O'Donnell 1-4 2B, Marpin 2-4, Green 2-3 2B, Blanchard 1-3 2B.
Snake River - Robertson 2-2 HR 3R, S. Parkinson 1-4 2B, B. Parkinson 1-4 2B, Cardona 2-3 2B, N. Martin 1-2 2B. pitching: Cash Cardona (W) 7IP 3R 9H 11K 1BB 2HP.